Building a partscaster is a great way to get the customized guitar you’ve always dreamed of, and learn essential lutherie skills along the way. In this video, our guest Dan Petrzelka shows how to build a custom t-style partscaster, step-by-step, so you can follow along at home.
0:00 Gathering Parts
3:09 Body and Neck Considerations
6:11 The Truss Rod
7:08 Choosing Tuners
9:33 Installing Tuners
17:47 String Ferrules
19:53 Strap Buttons
21:56 Body & Neck Alignment
25:06 The Bridge
26:56 The Bridge Pickup
30:27 Approximating Intonation
31:29 The Neck Pickup
33:52 Control Plate Selection
37:41 Wiring the Control Plate
44:06 Installing the Pickguard
50:15 The Output Jack
52:28 Final Wiring
54:59 Knobs and Switch Tips
57:07 Fret Buffing and Fretboard Cleaning
57:42 Final Alignment
58:15 The String Tree
59:00 Setup
1:05:51 Pickup Height
1:07:00 Sound Demo
Photos used with permission from Getty Images and Nina Raj (@ninaraj).
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